Build for a buddy

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Shago

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Hi everyone

Building a pc for a friend. To make sure everything is fine, I would like your approval :).

Questions:
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Descent amount of gaming, some light photoshopping and video editting, web browsing ofcourse, IM, all the general stuff.
Gaming will currently only be World of Warcraft. He raids a lot but his computer doesn't handle 25man raids that well so he would like a system that will keep his framerate at 40-50 FPS in busy 25man raids.

2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
750 euros

3) Where do you live?
Belgium

4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc.
Case, power supply, processor, mobo, speakers, keyboard, RAM, VGA, a switch, HDD and a DVD burner

5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing?
A 1900*1200 TFT, Logitech mouse and thats about it :/

6) Will you be overclocking?
No, he like to upgrade, so keep this in mind.

7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
24"

8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Next week

9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
Maybe Crossfire for the future, but its really not needed

10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license?
Will be using RC1 of Windows 7

The build I had in mind: http://azerty.nl/winkelmandje/winkelmandje/?legen=1&product[195960]=1&product[1033]=1&product[57768]=1&product[72617]=1&product[198682]=1&product[198869]=1&product[10516]=1&product[80156]=1&product[82662]=1&product[93362]=1&product[11518]=1



I prefer to buy from this site as I had good experiences with them in the past.

I'll make a small guide, to help you guys through the site ;)
    • Moederbord: motherboard
    • Processor: processor
    • Speakers: speakers
    • Geheugen: RAM memory
    • Grafische kaarten: VGA
    • voedingen: Power supply
    • Bedieningsapparatuur: mouse, keyboard, etc

Please click on the tab up top on the website that says "Componenten" to get all the hardware on the left side.

Personal Questions:
Will the power supply be enough?
Because the low availability of the 4770's from ATI, I took the 4850, is this card outdated, or still considered amongst the better cards?

Thanks in advance
 
The Corsair 520W is fine for the planned system, with room to spare.

I'm guessing the 4580 would be enough, but wait for more input from others. Its his monitor thats giving me doubts regarding the vidcard.
 
I believe you will need a GTX 260 or HD4870 for this resolution.
HD4770 cards in crossfire, if available, should give you even higher performance for around the same price.
 
2x 4850's in crossfire would out perform the 4770's and they more easily avail and ~ the same price. they would also outperform a single gtx260 or a single 4870.
 
bigwooly said:
2x 4850's in crossfire would out perform the 4770's and they more easily avail and ~ the same price. they would also outperform a single gtx260 or a single 4870.
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HD4770s are much less power demanding, and also cheaper.
 
I've read that WoW does not support crossfire, so taking 2*4770's won't be beneficial i guess?
I found a 4870 from Powercolor for 129 euros, so If I just take the g11 keyboard in stead of the g15 i'll still be fine pricewise.
Powercolor, descent brand? Not that I'm worried or anything, warranty in Europe cannot go bellow the minimum of 2 years, but after my xbox360 I really wish not to send anything back :).
 
If you're going to swap to the 4870 i would go with this XFX for about 10 euro less.

XFX Radeon HD 4870

Lifetime warranty and a much more reputable company than powercolor
 
No idea, by law you can't go under 2 years, but company's always have the possibility to give commercial warranty which is always more than the 2 years obliged by law.

So guys, is this build approved? :)

Quick rundown:

Processor: AMD phenom 2 x3 720
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P
RAM: Kingston ValueRAM - DIMM 240-pins - DDR3 - 1333 MHz / PC3-10600 - CL9 - 1.5 V (4GB)
Case: Antec 300
PSU: Corsair HX520W
DVD burner: cheapest one from samsung
Switch: from linksys, to spread out my internet, took linksys since my router is linksys aswell.
VGA: XFX Radeon HD 4870 Radeon HD 4870 - 512 MB
HDD: WD Caviar Black WD6401AALS
Speakers: Logitech X 230
Keyboard: still undeciced, the G15 seems durable, but its so bulky. With the logitech illuminated keyboard it looks like its the other way around.
 
Looks good to me

for the keyboard have you looked at the Razer keyboard with illuminated keys? Its a little more than the g15 though so not sure if it's still in your budget
 
Yeah, I was looking into the Razer products but if i am going to take a illuminated keyboard, I might aswell take an illuminated mouse. That being said, I'm gonna wait untill I made some money in summer break, and buy a G15 with a matching orange razer deathadder :).
For now i'll use my standard logitech keyboard.

Last question: the AMD X720 won't bottleneck the 4870?
 
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